Collecting and keeping objects is a basic human characteristic that is important for improving the quality of our lives. As a result, museums are 'social enterprises' that have as an ultimate operational objective - a ...

This article aims at comparing the number of visitors in Brazilian university and non-university museums of art. It will also try to explain the ways in which universities adopt in order to captivate new/old audiences ...

The paper will summarise the current state of the UK's higher education museums, galleries and collections (HEMGCs) by drawing on recent surveys of collections and management issues. In particular the paper will highlight ...

The Petrie Museum has conducted significant quantitative and qualitative research with academic audiences and with the general public, and is experimenting with new ways of presenting its collections to address a broader ...

For a long time, university-based museums have given priority to a public of students and researchers who have already acquired a minimum of culture in the fields in question: for example, engineers at the Conservatoire ...

The hardest audience for university museums to engage is often the one closest at hand – university students. There is much competition for the time of our 50,000 students. Most work, at least part time, and they live in ...

The Humboldt University owns over one hundred separate collections from all spheres of knowledge. Most of them are scarcely accessible to the general public and thus not well known. Since 1995 a group of scientists is ...

Este texto descreve urna proposta de partilha de recursos informâticos e multimédia, em gérai caros e pouco acessiveis à grande maioria dos museus de ciência e de história naturai. Sugere ainda a criaçâo, no seio do ICOM, ...

In 1983 the University of Oklahoma's museum began a struggle for a new building. The centuryold museum was housed in barns and stables. Support from the University was mixed. Grassroots efforts and a multifaceted strategy ...